Beautiful Distractions

Kristen Yaney
1 min readJun 23, 2022

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Photo by Jakob Owens on Unsplash

Beautiful distractions

Crystallize

Come into form

All around me

When I was of the world

I would have collected these

And spent hours, if not days

Lost in their glory

They are still such tender,

Beautiful things.

Fragility

Is my ability to turn away

And focus my eyes

On greater Kings

But this kaleidoscope

Of beautiful eyes

On kind guys

And whiskey

Neat

And a soft melody

Almost dissuades me

To slip between softer sheets

And pray he is true to me

But we already know this dance, don’t we?

I got caught up in the rhythm

And almost took steps

That came like muscle memory

To my dancers feet

Yes when I was of the world

I would have twirled

With my skirt up all around me

And laughed and smiled and found solace

Even if but for a little while

In a kind smile

But now I’m trying

To stay focused

On bigger things

Inside of me

And to stay satisfied

With the peace

In-dwelling

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Kristen Yaney
Kristen Yaney

Written by Kristen Yaney

Writer, Comedian, Poet, and Podcaster. Focused on women, worth, wayfinding, friendship, trust, & faith. Deeply funny, because your heart is both. (Seattle, WA)

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